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Yes: 128 • No: 2
ArkansasHB13992025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF DONATION DEEDS AND HOMESTEAD DONATION DEEDS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS.
Sponsored By: Gary Stubblefield (Republican), Marcus E. Richmond (Republican)
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Arkansas ends donated urban homestead program
Arkansas ends the Urban Homestead Act program for remaining tax-forfeited property in cities and incorporated towns. Eligible applicants can no longer seek donated property through this program. The repeal removes its application, development, transfer, and related program rules. Separately, the law removes donation-deed and field-notes/plat fee entries from the state's special-revenue list; this does not itself eliminate fees. The list still includes patent, deed, donation-certificate, and other specified Commissioner of State Lands fees.
State drops claims to old tax-sale lands
The law releases state ownership claims to lands sold to Arkansas under acts approved March 12 and March 22, 1881. For donation, sale, or relinquishment deeds issued by the Commissioner, the release permanently benefits named recipients and later owners. For land the Commissioner has not disposed of, the release requires its return to county tax books. Taxes must also have been paid for more than seven years since the sale to the state. These releases apply whether or not the court-to-county-clerk or county-clerk-to-Commissioner certifications occurred.
Donated land loses a lawsuit protection
People suing to recover land held under a state donation deed no longer face the two-year prior-possession rule. They no longer must show that they or a predecessor possessed the land within two years before filing. This removes a barrier for claimants but removes a protection for donation-deed holders. The rule remains for land bought at covered tax sales or state sales of land forfeited for unpaid taxes.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Gary Stubblefield
Republican • Senate
Marcus E. Richmond
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/26/2025
Senate Vote - Wednesday, February 26, 2025 2:22:52 PM
Yes: 30 • No: 2 • Other: 3
House vote • 2/13/2025
House Vote - Thursday, February 13, 2025 2:16:12 PM
Yes: 98 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1399 is now Act 216
2/27/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
2/26/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
2/26/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
2/26/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
2/26/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
2/26/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2/25/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
2/13/2025SenateReceived from the House.
2/13/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2/13/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
2/12/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE
2/4/2025HouseFiled
2/4/2025House
Bill Text
HB1399 - Introduced
2/4/2025
Act Version
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